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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devices.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem | 33 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ioctl-number.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/usb/auerswald.txt | 30 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/usb/power-management.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/page_migration | 9 |
6 files changed, 28 insertions, 55 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt index e6244cde26e..05c80645e4e 100644 --- a/Documentation/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/devices.txt @@ -2560,9 +2560,6 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 96 = /dev/usb/hiddev0 1st USB HID device ... 111 = /dev/usb/hiddev15 16th USB HID device - 112 = /dev/usb/auer0 1st auerswald ISDN device - ... - 127 = /dev/usb/auer15 16th auerswald ISDN device 128 = /dev/usb/brlvgr0 First Braille Voyager device ... 131 = /dev/usb/brlvgr3 Fourth Braille Voyager device diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem b/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem index 2fefaf582a4..e98bdfea346 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem @@ -1,8 +1,11 @@ Kernel driver ibmaem ====================== +This driver talks to the IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager, known +henceforth as AEM. + Supported systems: - * Any recent IBM System X server with Active Energy Manager support. + * Any recent IBM System X server with AEM support. This includes the x3350, x3550, x3650, x3655, x3755, x3850 M2, x3950 M2, and certain HS2x/LS2x/QS2x blades. The IPMI host interface driver ("ipmi-si") needs to be loaded for this driver to do anything. @@ -14,24 +17,22 @@ Author: Darrick J. Wong Description ----------- -This driver implements sensor reading support for the energy and power -meters available on various IBM System X hardware through the BMC. All -sensor banks will be exported as platform devices; this driver can talk -to both v1 and v2 interfaces. This driver is completely separate from the -older ibmpex driver. +This driver implements sensor reading support for the energy and power meters +available on various IBM System X hardware through the BMC. All sensor banks +will be exported as platform devices; this driver can talk to both v1 and v2 +interfaces. This driver is completely separate from the older ibmpex driver. -The v1 AEM interface has a simple set of features to monitor energy use. -There is a register that displays an estimate of raw energy consumption -since the last BMC reset, and a power sensor that returns average power -use over a configurable interval. +The v1 AEM interface has a simple set of features to monitor energy use. There +is a register that displays an estimate of raw energy consumption since the +last BMC reset, and a power sensor that returns average power use over a +configurable interval. -The v2 AEM interface is a bit more sophisticated, being able to present -a wider range of energy and power use registers, the power cap as -set by the AEM software, and temperature sensors. +The v2 AEM interface is a bit more sophisticated, being able to present a wider +range of energy and power use registers, the power cap as set by the AEM +software, and temperature sensors. Special Features ---------------- -The "power_cap" value displays the current system power cap, as set by -the Active Energy Manager software. Setting the power cap from the host -is not currently supported. +The "power_cap" value displays the current system power cap, as set by the AEM +software. Setting the power cap from the host is not currently supported. diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt b/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt index 3bb5f466a90..1c6b545635a 100644 --- a/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt +++ b/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt @@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ Code Seq# Include File Comments 'T' all linux/soundcard.h conflict! 'T' all asm-i386/ioctls.h conflict! 'U' 00-EF linux/drivers/usb/usb.h -'U' F0-FF drivers/usb/auerswald.c 'V' all linux/vt.h 'W' 00-1F linux/watchdog.h conflict! 'W' 00-1F linux/wanrouter.h conflict! diff --git a/Documentation/usb/auerswald.txt b/Documentation/usb/auerswald.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 7ee4d8f6911..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/usb/auerswald.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ - Auerswald USB kernel driver - =========================== - -What is it? What can I do with it? -================================== -The auerswald USB kernel driver connects your linux 2.4.x -system to the auerswald usb-enabled devices. - -There are two types of auerswald usb devices: -a) small PBX systems (ISDN) -b) COMfort system telephones (ISDN) - -The driver installation creates the devices -/dev/usb/auer0..15. These devices carry a vendor- -specific protocol. You may run all auerswald java -software on it. The java software needs a native -library "libAuerUsbJNINative.so" installed on -your system. This library is available from -auerswald and shipped as part of the java software. - -You may create the devices with: - mknod -m 666 /dev/usb/auer0 c 180 112 - ... - mknod -m 666 /dev/usb/auer15 c 180 127 - -Future plans -============ -- Connection to ISDN4LINUX (the hisax interface) - -The maintainer of this driver is wolfgang@iksw-muees.de diff --git a/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt b/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt index b2fc4d4a991..9d31140e3f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt @@ -436,7 +436,12 @@ post_reset; the USB core guarantees that this is true of internal suspend/resume events as well. If a driver wants to block all suspend/resume calls during some -critical section, it can simply acquire udev->pm_mutex. +critical section, it can simply acquire udev->pm_mutex. Note that +calls to resume may be triggered indirectly. Block IO due to memory +allocations can make the vm subsystem resume a device. Thus while +holding this lock you must not allocate memory with GFP_KERNEL or +GFP_NOFS. + Alternatively, if the critical section might call some of the usb_autopm_* routines, the driver can avoid deadlock by doing: diff --git a/Documentation/vm/page_migration b/Documentation/vm/page_migration index 99f89aa1016..d5fdfd34bba 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/page_migration +++ b/Documentation/vm/page_migration @@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ migrate_pages function call takes two sets of nodes and moves pages of a process that are located on the from nodes to the destination nodes. Page migration functions are provided by the numactl package by Andi Kleen (a version later than 0.9.3 is required. Get it from -ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/ak). numactl provided libnuma which -provides an interface similar to other numa functionality for page migration. -cat /proc/<pid>/numa_maps allows an easy review of where the pages of -a process are located. See also the numa_maps manpage in the numactl package. +ftp://oss.sgi.com/www/projects/libnuma/download/). numactl provides libnuma +which provides an interface similar to other numa functionality for page +migration. cat /proc/<pid>/numa_maps allows an easy review of where the +pages of a process are located. See also the numa_maps documentation in the +proc(5) man page. Manual migration is useful if for example the scheduler has relocated a process to a processor on a distant node. A batch scheduler or an |